Can’t wait to get my hands on the final released version. I was lucky enough to test one of the later stage prototype versions. Such an amazing grip and my favorite part is that I have a thumb grip and can still run around with my flash attached. Fantastic attention to detail and design. Congrats guys and wishing you nothing but success with this.
Looking fantastico! I guess I'd better get going (continuing) on the gear sell off and obtaining a Q3 so that I can order one! Thanks for the update Hugh! (and if Sharon and I can get enough done on the home items sell down this summer in prep for the eventual Italy relocation, I may finally be able to join up on the NYC Streets Workshop!)
Always great to have choices and the Leica community loves their add ons. My grips end up left at home on M, SL and S bodies to lighten the weight in hand, combined with some gym work to keep arms and hands strong to carry a camera all day. Good luck with the project, I too love to see beautifully, well thought out Leica gear and accessories.
Great stuff Hugh. I am delighted by your progress and intent. I look forward to placing an order, once you have an M10 solution (and are able to ship to the UK). I am certain this venture will be very successful for you !
Wow! This looks awesome. Very much thank you for adding the finger loop socket - and for making it better than the OEM socket location. The price is fine for me and I'm sure you will have zero issues getting the 100qty goal within minutes of your opening pre-orders. Really looking forward to this grip!
Congratulations on a very impressive product Hugh. Unfortunately, I don't have a Q or I would be buying one. I wish you great success in this new endeavour, and look forward to similar products for other Leica models. -Steve-
Interesting mix of great design, some features I love, some features i do not care about, and some that I miss (QD slot is a huge one here). Good luck with the product.
All we need now is a scheme to purchase the Q3 without our spouses finding out how much they cost and without impacting their budget. Solutions welcome 😂. Seriously Hugh what a great project and we wish you every success!
I'm not a customer for this grip, since I don't have a Leica, but I've been delighted by this whole thing regardless. I'm stupid and passionate enough to dare to buy one just for pride of ownership, so I have to restrain myself! 😅
Wish you the best. I hope you will consider the M series also. Good luck and congratulations. This need courage and dedication for a start up with such a niche market.
If there is any group of camera users who are used to overspending on parts, it is definitely Leica users. That snarkiness aside, I think your grip looks great.
I'm also really interested in the product - but need to be assured its fully compatible with the RRS equivalent , as the tolerance on the dovetail slide into any of the RRS heads seems to be unique.. I have several Arca type "L" brackets but none fit as well as the native RRS versions onto the large ball head !!...
We certainly can validate that to assure you; a quick test to assuage any concern you’d have would be if you have a Peak Design capture clip - if the adapter plate dovetail profile works, then the short answer will be in the affirmative. This also applies if you have a Peak Design Travel Tripod and find the plates interchange.
@@EdwardPalisoc The large RRS ball head relies on a cam action for its clamp,.. The size of the dovetail is critical to create a smooth locking mechanism. most of the other arca types rely on just a screw clamp, which can clamp anywhere, and sizing is not so critical. I hope this helps you in the development of this excellent sounding product.
@@john3LeeI am arranging to get an RSS clamp plate to test, but I can share this with you; from what information that is publicly available the RSS universal plate calls out the plate width to be 38.1mm. The He3 baseplate width is 38.8mm, which was purposeful to address what I considered a looseness between the OEM Peak Design capture clip adapter plate that comes with the clip, and the clip itself. I would imagine the RRS clamp would not have a functional precision so tight that it would not accommodate a sub 1mm difference, but I hope to be absolutely sure in short order.
I have received a RRS BR-60-II clamp, and it works beautifully with it, so much I am putting the clamp on my monopod. Slides smoothly along within the dovetail groove, and clamps firmly without any adjustment.
Will you explain how you will broadly announce the presale? Or should we just visit RUclips or a website for He3 ? I'll pony up the cash today i you'll just give me a fair shot at the first run. Nice video on your production and thoughts behind it.
Purchase price is $480 USD. Handling will be less than $10. Shipping, taxes and fees will be a function of geography, carrier and taxing authorities (we like FedEx and DHL; things like sales tax in the U.S. and VAT outside of the U.S. will be a function of taxing authorities). We will collect state sales tax in the U.S. at check-out; outside the U.S., collection and remittance of taxes and fees will be up to local authorities.
Not sure how well a $500 grip on a $1500 camera will sell. D-Lux 8 is aimed at the photographer who wants the Leica experience on a budget. I expect the D-Lux 8 shooter will be a bit more price sensitive than a Q3 shooter.
I understand your point; note that the thumb grip profile was driven by function, tactile feel, and ability to smoothly access the controls with the thumb, how the thumb moves and sweeps while holding the camera in use vs just holding it, etc. One consideration is that the thumb grip is a modular component that can be removed, replaced, reconsidered without requiring the rest of the handgrip to be affected. Function over compromise to adhere to an aesthetic is always an interesting discourse. Certainly one worthy of a dialogue with Carlo Scarpa and Mies van der Rohe.
@@EdwardPalisoc I hear you, and a difficult balance to strike when Leica's design language is decidedly not "ergonomic" in the blobby Canon sense at the expense of comfort, but it looks possible to "flatten" or round out the fillets where the thumb rest intersects with its support without affecting access to the dials or creating uncomfortable spots for the thumb. I could be wrong, but I'd encourage you to mess around with a few ideas in that area and see if a more beautiful balance can be struck. The other area of concern I'd have is with the finger loop thing. After using a Peak Design micro clutch, I'm all about the concept, but I could imagine that being either uselessly too big or too small-or in the wrong place-depending on hand-size. I have large hands and my micro-clutch ends up needing to be positioned quite a ways forward of the hand grip. The freely-rotating strap anchor on the Peak Design design is genius and, I think, necessary. I don't have a good suggestion for you given other design choices you made, though. On the whole, this looks fantastic though-excited to see you raising the bar!
@@morgan-sutherland I see what you’re saying, and I’m happy to revisit it before we roll out - it’s an easy area to to re-sculpt and explore your suggestion!
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Q2, M11 and more are on our list. Hold that thought!
Great, you have a Q2 buyer here, Hugh.
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The day I buy a Q3, this will be an instant purchase. So well thought out, LOVE the thumb support without taking up the hot shoe.
Hey, Matt!
Can’t wait to get my hands on the final released version. I was lucky enough to test one of the later stage prototype versions. Such an amazing grip and my favorite part is that I have a thumb grip and can still run around with my flash attached. Fantastic attention to detail and design. Congrats guys and wishing you nothing but success with this.
Hey Blaine, I’m glad your experience has left you as passionate about it as we are! Get ready!
How much FUN Hugh. You are inspiring!
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What an update! Cannot wait to get my order in. And then to also get the grip for the D-Lux 8 that I have just ordered 🙂
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This looking terrific. Can't wait to order it.
Can't wait to share it with you!
Well thought out! The Grip has more features than I can think of. Excellent ! Hand having the hotshoe free is amazing ❤
So glad you like it, Peter! Stay tuned!
Congrats. Sounds like a fun project for you. I don't have a Q3 so I was just watching for the enjoyment of the process you described.
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Looking fantastico! I guess I'd better get going (continuing) on the gear sell off and obtaining a Q3 so that I can order one! Thanks for the update Hugh! (and if Sharon and I can get enough done on the home items sell down this summer in prep for the eventual Italy relocation, I may finally be able to join up on the NYC Streets Workshop!)
Hah! Would love to have you join us!
Very exciting, Hugh! 👍🏽
Thanks, Jay! We think so too!! :)
Wish you lots of success on the project!
Thank you!😊 It
Awesome. Congratulations! The strap option is a nice touch, too. Love, Made in the USA...
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Always great to have choices and the Leica community loves their add ons. My grips end up left at home on M, SL and S bodies to lighten the weight in hand, combined with some gym work to keep arms and hands strong to carry a camera all day.
Good luck with the project, I too love to see beautifully, well thought out Leica gear and accessories.
Thanks, Daryl!
Great stuff Hugh. I am delighted by your progress and intent. I look forward to placing an order, once you have an M10 solution (and are able to ship to the UK). I am certain this venture will be very successful for you !
Awesome, thank you!😊
Love the attention to detail. Please make this for the Nikon ZF… I’ve tried all the grips and none approach the excellence in design of this one.
Great camera! Hold that thought. :)
I have a zf myself and would love to have a grip like this as well.
Can't wait!
Looking forward to something for the M-11!
It's in the queue!
@@3BMEPyeah? How about another design for the other Q’s?
@@victorcarmelo8606 also in the queue!
Ready to order!
Hold that thought!😎
Wow! This looks awesome. Very much thank you for adding the finger loop socket - and for making it better than the OEM socket location. The price is fine for me and I'm sure you will have zero issues getting the 100qty goal within minutes of your opening pre-orders. Really looking forward to this grip!
Thank YOU!
Looks pretty good. Would like a version for the Q2 Monochrom too.
It's in the queue. 🙂👊
Congratulations on a very impressive product Hugh. Unfortunately, I don't have a Q or I would be buying one. I wish you great success in this new endeavour, and look forward to similar products for other Leica models. -Steve-
Hey, Steven!
Interesting mix of great design, some features I love, some features i do not care about, and some that I miss (QD slot is a huge one here). Good luck with the product.
Thanks! 😊🖖🏻
All we need now is a scheme to purchase the Q3 without our spouses finding out how much they cost and without impacting their budget. Solutions welcome 😂. Seriously Hugh what a great project and we wish you every success!
Hah! Thanks so much for your encouragement!
I'm not a customer for this grip, since I don't have a Leica, but I've been delighted by this whole thing regardless. I'm stupid and passionate enough to dare to buy one just for pride of ownership, so I have to restrain myself! 😅
Don’t do it!!! But we DO appreciate your enthusiasm! 😊🖖🏻
Wish you the best. I hope you will consider the M series also. Good luck and congratulations. This need courage and dedication for a start up with such a niche market.
Considered and in the queue! My M11 keeps telling me the same thing, so… 😊🖖🏻
Very cool!
Thanks, William!
Looks nice but TBH I want the L bracket function of the RRS plate grip which is also half this price. I tripod mount in portrait as often as landscape
Looking forward to the Q2M grip 😁
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I’m very interested to see what the final production model will look like after you finish tweaking it as Leica has a particular design aesthetic.
If there is any group of camera users who are used to overspending on parts, it is definitely Leica users. That snarkiness aside, I think your grip looks great.
Excellent piece of equipment, but I am sure you know that it was not the Leica Cl, but the M5 which could - as a first - be carried vertically.
Thanks for the correction - you are indeed right: 1971 bs 1973!
sweet!
Thanks!
Makes me want to buy Q3 just to get that grip for it.
Cool stuff - having just bought the wireless charging grip and charging map - I cannot - but otherwise I would
It's a very nice grip for those who want wireless charging - enjoy!
Looks amazing! Second request; how about another design for the other Q’s?
In the queue (pun recognized). 😊
Love this is made 100% in the USA.
We're really happy about it!
Will you ship to Belgium, EU? Love the design.👍🏻
So glad you do! We can ship - we’d be delighted - but we can’t cover fees or taxes. 😊🖖🏻
I'm also really interested in the product - but need to be assured its fully compatible with the RRS equivalent , as the tolerance on the dovetail slide into any of the RRS heads seems to be unique.. I have several Arca type "L" brackets but none fit as well as the native RRS versions onto the large ball head !!...
We certainly can validate that to assure you; a quick test to assuage any concern you’d have would be if you have a Peak Design capture clip - if the adapter plate dovetail profile works, then the short answer will be in the affirmative. This also applies if you have a Peak Design Travel Tripod and find the plates interchange.
@@EdwardPalisoc The large RRS ball head relies on a cam action for its clamp,.. The size of the dovetail is critical to create a smooth locking mechanism. most of the other arca types rely on just a screw clamp, which can clamp anywhere, and sizing is not so critical. I hope this helps you in the development of this excellent sounding product.
@@john3LeeI am arranging to get an RSS clamp plate to test, but I can share this with you; from what information that is publicly available the RSS universal plate calls out the plate width to be 38.1mm. The He3 baseplate width is 38.8mm, which was purposeful to address what I considered a looseness between the OEM Peak Design capture clip adapter plate that comes with the clip, and the clip itself. I would imagine the RRS clamp would not have a functional precision so tight that it would not accommodate a sub 1mm difference, but I hope to be absolutely sure in short order.
@@EdwardPalisoc Thank you for all your research....
I have received a RRS BR-60-II clamp, and it works beautifully with it, so much I am putting the clamp on my monopod. Slides smoothly along within the dovetail groove, and clamps firmly without any adjustment.
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Looks great. Are you still considering shipping overseas or would that come in a further batch?
We’re happy to ship overseas, but we can only ship from the U.S. 😊🖖🏻
Count me in
I am certainly interested. Also, see you will be in Berlin in the Fall 2024 - where can I get more information about joining you?
visit www.3bmep.com/streets24 to learn about all of our workshops this fall!
Any Fuji love coming?
You can count on it!
OH!!!! Please do this for the Hasselblad X2D!!!
Thinking about it!
Will you explain how you will broadly announce the presale? Or should we just visit RUclips or a website for He3 ? I'll pony up the cash today i you'll just give me a fair shot at the first run. Nice video on your production and thoughts behind it.
Be on the lookout today around 10:30am EDT. 😎
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Shut up and take my money! Now Hugh, find me a Q3!
Ha, Duane! 👊
@@3BMEP this is like finding the lost ark…
Looking good. BTW sending out an email with “Click Me” is not going to be clicked by me these days.
Fair point!
Any chance there will be one for the earlier Q's or the M's?
Yes. 😎 Hold that thought.
Where is the pre-order link.
Right now we only let people sign up for email updates! “We will sell no wine before its time.” 😎🖖🏻
Waiting for the pre-order availability!😂
Signing up via the wishlist would be great, as we gauge interest!
@@EdwardPalisoc signed up!
I'm still holding "that thought" from the Q3 vs Q2 Monochrome from 9 months ago. Am I doing it wrong?
What thought was that? ;)
Excellent!! Can I invest???
We appreciate the sentiment! We're not taking on investors at this point, but do hold that thought!
Is your grip compatible with a shoulder strap?
Great question. Yes. 😊👊🏻🖖🏻
Does one need to be subscribed to Patreon to purchase the grip?
No, there is no pre-requisite to being able to buy the grip once we release the hounds.
Q2.... please 😃
In the queue!
Would it work on a Q2?
We’ve got a Q2 grip in the queue. They are not exactly the same.
Hello, do you also deliver this handle to Germany? Kind regards, J.L.
We do! NB: all customers (domestic or overseas), pay shipping & handling, taxes and fees.🖖🏻
@@3BMEP Can you tell us anything about the additional costs? What will the total price be, including the handle and additional costs?
Purchase price is $480 USD. Handling will be less than $10. Shipping, taxes and fees will be a function of geography, carrier and taxing authorities (we like FedEx and DHL; things like sales tax in the U.S. and VAT outside of the U.S. will be a function of taxing authorities). We will collect state sales tax in the U.S. at check-out; outside the U.S., collection and remittance of taxes and fees will be up to local authorities.
@@3BMEP Thanks for the information.🙏🏻
Does it fit a Q2?
Q2 series coming!
when will the preorder open?
Those that signed up on the wishlist on the order page, becomes the pre-order list.
Keep your eyes peeled a bit later this morning (New York time). 😎
Will you make one for the D-Lux 8?
Not sure how well a $500 grip on a $1500 camera will sell. D-Lux 8 is aimed at the photographer who wants the Leica experience on a budget. I expect the D-Lux 8 shooter will be a bit more price sensitive than a Q3 shooter.
@@careylymanjonesI agree, I personally would like one for my D-Lux 8.
I guess I have to buy myself a Q3 😢
Other camera versions are in the queue!
I'd love to see a smoother transition to the thumb grip. Only part of the design I can see that isn't very "Leica."
I understand your point; note that the thumb grip profile was driven by function, tactile feel, and ability to smoothly access the controls with the thumb, how the thumb moves and sweeps while holding the camera in use vs just holding it, etc. One consideration is that the thumb grip is a modular component that can be removed, replaced, reconsidered without requiring the rest of the handgrip to be affected. Function over compromise to adhere to an aesthetic is always an interesting discourse. Certainly one worthy of a dialogue with Carlo Scarpa and Mies van der Rohe.
@@EdwardPalisoc I hear you, and a difficult balance to strike when Leica's design language is decidedly not "ergonomic" in the blobby Canon sense at the expense of comfort, but it looks possible to "flatten" or round out the fillets where the thumb rest intersects with its support without affecting access to the dials or creating uncomfortable spots for the thumb. I could be wrong, but I'd encourage you to mess around with a few ideas in that area and see if a more beautiful balance can be struck.
The other area of concern I'd have is with the finger loop thing. After using a Peak Design micro clutch, I'm all about the concept, but I could imagine that being either uselessly too big or too small-or in the wrong place-depending on hand-size. I have large hands and my micro-clutch ends up needing to be positioned quite a ways forward of the hand grip. The freely-rotating strap anchor on the Peak Design design is genius and, I think, necessary. I don't have a good suggestion for you given other design choices you made, though.
On the whole, this looks fantastic though-excited to see you raising the bar!
@@morgan-sutherland I see what you’re saying, and I’m happy to revisit it before we roll out - it’s an easy area to to re-sculpt and explore your suggestion!
Looking at the thumbnail I thought it was the Lumix S9
Yep! See my vid on the S9 if you haven't already!
Q1 Typ 116?
On our roadmap!